[gentoo-user] Garmin gps acting as a mouse!!!
Just acquired an etrex gps. The unit comes with a serial cable . When I plug in the cable to the latest stable gentoo machine, the signals are (seem) to be interpreted as that for the system mouse. The mouse pointer flies all over the screen, opening and closing programs all over the place. Does anyone know why the serial port would be interpreted as a mouse input? How do I correct this? Any hints, pointers greatly appreciated. TNX -- Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO) Cranbrook, B. C -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Garmin gps acting as a mouse!!!
Ted Ozolins ha scritto: Just acquired an etrex gps. The unit comes with a serial cable . When I plug in the cable to the latest stable gentoo machine, the signals are (seem) to be interpreted as that for the system mouse. The mouse pointer flies all over the screen, opening and closing programs all over the place. Does anyone know why the serial port would be interpreted as a mouse input? How do I correct this? Any hints, pointers greatly appreciated. Once upon a time, serial mice were quite common. Why is your GPS automagically recognized as a mouse, it's another story... m. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Garmin gps acting as a mouse!!!
On 22 Jul 2007, at 22:42, Ted Ozolins wrote: Just acquired an etrex gps. The unit comes with a serial cable . When I plug in the cable to the latest stable gentoo machine, the signals are (seem) to be interpreted as that for the system mouse. The mouse pointer flies all over the screen, opening and closing programs all over the place. Does anyone know why the serial port would be interpreted as a mouse input? How do I correct this? Any hints, pointers greatly appreciated. I assume you're using X11 KDE or Gnome or something like this. What does your xorg.conf say, please? I'm thinking specifically of the mouse section, but you might as well post the lot to be sure. Also, is anything written to /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog when you plug the GPS in? Stroller. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Garmin gps acting as a mouse!!!
Stroller wrote: I assume you're using X11 KDE or Gnome or something like this. What does your xorg.conf say, please? I'm thinking specifically of the mouse section, but you might as well post the lot to be sure. Also, is anything written to /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog when you plug the GPS in? Stroller. Thanks Stroller, xorg.conf was the culprit. There was a section for serial mouse, removing that solved the prob. -- Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO) Cranbrook, B. C -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
